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SIMON WIN GA, 0F BOSTON, 'ASSIGN OR TO HIliSELF AND ELI I'ITSOUTHWARDB 0F EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.'

Letters .Patent No. 77,695, dated May 5, 1868.

MODE OT'HANGING SIGNS OR BANNERS.

To ALL WHOM AIT MAY ooNcERN:

B e it known thnt I, SIMON WING, of the city of'Bo'stonyin the Stcteof Missachusetts, have `invented a new und-usefu1 Improvement in Signs und Bnnners;"e nd 11 do -herehy declare the following to he-va. full ond correct description of the same, r'eferenceheing had tothe accompanying drawings, in which the' ligure' 'represents n. suspended sign, mode in 'nec'ordonce'with my invention.

Thelnetre of this invention consists in forming the ground or foundation of banners or suspended signs,

oi'n net-worker open-work of twine, thx-end, silk, wire, -or other-suitable muterinl, and attaching to seidground the -required'nscription, either in single letters or in strips, the object being to allow'V the -wind to pass through the sign or bonner without'lcausing those violent motions which are produced by any considerable breese in signs mede of the ordinaryvclose'material-mctions causing tho rapid destruction of the sign, interfering with the.

reading of the inscription, and," by frightening'horses, giving rise to serious accidents. n

The drawing represents n. large sign suspended from ,a 'rope stretched acrossstreet. The ground-work is of. com mon fish-net, with lerge meshes, und this/is surrounded hy a. border; which may he more or less rigid, as

preferred. The lettering of the sign is hiere'shqwn ns printedlonl strips of cloth, which-'nre sewed onto the netting.; but, if preferredbeach letter mnyhe seperately attached to the groundwork, thus oering less surfage' tothe action of theiwind,.end giving the sign el very.,light und attractive appearance.

For the smaller projectinglrh'nnnerf'signs,I prefer toimnke the ground-work of Wire, set in a. frame, and use .metallic `or wooden letters, attached in nj convenientniode. Great scope is given,in this method of'constrution, for 'variety und elegance of design.` ,L

Where signs are to be attuchedto' tlieedges'of nwnings, '-thisconstruction possesses the advantage of eifer- The principle of the inventionis applicable to h'nnors intended to be carried in processione, Ste, In making these, the ground would he'stretchedon n suitnble frame'. v '4 Having thus fully described` nlyifinventionJ wish it to he distinctly understood that I do not claim the use of hunting, or nnyother woven'fuhri-Min the manufacture ofsigns sind bnnners;y but t Whht 'olaim', and desire to 'secnref-hy'l'iettrs Patent, is'

Making the`gionndosigns or'benn'rs oi nn'open-work or network of twine, threcd,'silk, cord, wire, or other maternl,thnt^will"1llow the free pessnge ofnir, substantially` in the nianner end-for the purpose' set forth. The 'shove specification of my seid iitventiansigned4 and witnessed at Boston, this 11th doy of January,

A. D. 1868.V l v I SIMON WING' Witnessesi l l l' E. F. Soornwsnn, Guss.' F. Srsnssumr.

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